Public Istanbul: Spaces and Spheres of the Urban
In: Urban Studies
Intro; CONTENT; Preface; PART 1. CONTESTED SPACES; Introduction: Public Space as a Critical Concept. Adequate for Understanding Istanbul Today?; Mapping Social Istanbul. Extracts of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area Atlas; Contested Public Spaces vs. Conquered Public Spaces. Gentrification and its Reflections on Urban Public Space in Istanbul; Globalization, Locality and the Struggle over a Living Space. The Case of Karanfilköy; Fortress Istanbul. Gated Communities and the Socio-Urban Transformation; Peripheral Public Space. Types in Progress; Old City Walls as Public Spaces in Istanbul.